Wednesday, August 31, 2022
What we do and how we can help you - The Ethics Centre
What we do and how we can help you - The Ethics Centre: "Articles, videos, research and thought leadership papers that illuminate ethics and help you tackle issues that matter."
Monday, August 29, 2022
What is the metaverse--and what does it mean for business? | McKinsey
What is the metaverse--and what does it mean for business? | McKinsey:"I believe it’s a convergence of our physical and digital lives. It’s our digital lifestyles, which we’ve been living on phones or computers, slowly catching up to our physical lives in some way, so that full convergence. It is enabled by many different technologies, like AR [augmented reality] and VR [virtual reality], which are the ones that most people tend to think about. But they’re not the only entry points. There’s also blockchain, which is a big component, there’s 5G, there’s edge computing, and many, many other technologies."
The Allegory of the Alien Invasion | Issue 106 | Philosophy Now
The Allegory of the Alien Invasion | Issue 106 | Philosophy Now: "Just because we don’t have the capacity to speak their language, and aren’t as intelligent and powerful as they are, doesn’t mean that it’s right for them to do whatever they want with us. It seems one thing humans have that they don’t have is an understanding and valuing of moral behavior. But, I guess, truth be told, when we were dominant, we didn’t have that either."
Sunday, August 28, 2022
2022 Religious Liberty Summit U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito
2022 Religious Liberty Summit U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito: "Who is that man? That memory has stuck in my mind as a harbinger of what may lie ahead for our culture. And the problem that looms is not just indifference to religion, it's not just ignorance about religion. There's also growing hostility to religion, or at least the traditional religious beliefs that are contrary to the new moral code that is ascendant in some sectors."
Cybercrime To Cost The World $10.5 Trillion Annually By 2025
Cybercrime To Cost The World $10.5 Trillion Annually By 2025: "Cybersecurity Ventures expects global cybercrime costs to grow by 15 percent per year over the next five years, reaching $10.5 trillion USD annually by 2025, up from $3 trillion USD in 2015. This represents the greatest transfer of economic wealth in history, risks the incentives for innovation and investment, is exponentially larger than the damage inflicted from natural disasters in a year, and will be more profitable than the global trade of all major illegal drugs combined."
166 Cybersecurity Statistics and Trends [updated 2022]
166 Cybersecurity Statistics and Trends [updated 2022]: "To give you a better idea of the current state of overall security, we’ve compiled more than 160 cybersecurity statistics for 2022. This will help show the prevalence and need for cybersecurity in all facets of business."
Cybersecurity Barometer: Cybercrime’s impact on privacy and security
Cybersecurity Barometer: Cybercrime’s impact on privacy and security: 'Study shows the majority of Americans fear the misuse of their personal data supplied to websites, and view cybercrime as a threat to their country"
Saturday, August 27, 2022
Cybersecurity in banking: A risk-based approach | McKinsey
Cybersecurity in banking: A risk-based approach | McKinsey: "To manage technology risk and cyber risk effectively, organizations must lay out an objective risk appetite framework that supports business decisions on risk and uses objective metrics and reporting to achieve alignment with the risk appetite."
Friday, August 26, 2022
Relief for Foreign Tax Paid 2022 (HS263) - GOV.UK
Relief for Foreign Tax Paid 2022 (HS263) - GOV.UK: "If you’ve paid foreign tax on income received or capital gains made that are also taxable in the UK, you may be able to claim relief for the foreign tax"
Thursday, August 25, 2022
Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Oracle’s BlueKai tracks you across the web
Oracle’s BlueKai tracks you across the web - TechCrunch: "Even when the data stays where it’s intended, Cyphers said these vast databases enable “manipulative advertising for things like political issues or exploitative services, and it allows marketers to tailor their messages to specific vulnerable populations,” he said."
How to help future generations survive climate change, pandemics, or AI - Vox
How to help future generations survive climate change, pandemics, or AI - Vox: "And if we think human life in the future might be full of awesome things like happiness and knowledge and beauty — or even if we think there’s just a decent chance it could be more good than bad — then thinking about how to increase the odds of such a future for later generations is really worth our time."
Sunday, August 21, 2022
Saturday, August 20, 2022
Breakthrough over potentially harmful chemicals found in most homes - BBC News
Breakthrough over potentially harmful chemicals found in most homes - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62561756
https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-62561756
Friday, August 19, 2022
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Scientists Develop New Material to Clean Up Forever Chemicals - EcoWatch
Scientists Develop New Material to Clean Up Forever Chemicals - EcoWatch: "This [patented] sustainable PFAS clean-up system could scale for commercial use..."
Saturday, August 13, 2022
Google News - The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism
Google News - The Reluctant Prophet of Effective Altruism
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/the-reluctant-prophet-of-effective-altruism
https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEIpbU3KZaxu_7RfMCick2p8qGQgEKhAIACoHCAowjMqjCjCJhZwBMKHUywM?uo=CAUiANIBAA&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/the-reluctant-prophet-of-effective-altruism
https://news.google.com/articles/CAIiEIpbU3KZaxu_7RfMCick2p8qGQgEKhAIACoHCAowjMqjCjCJhZwBMKHUywM?uo=CAUiANIBAA&hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US%3Aen
Massive Losses Define Epidemic of ‘Pig Butchering’ – Krebs on Security
Massive Losses Define Epidemic of 'Pig Butchering' – Krebs on Security
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/07/massive-losses-define-epidemic-of-pig-butchering/
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2022/07/massive-losses-define-epidemic-of-pig-butchering/
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Gratitude Day Sept 21, 2022
Join Us - Gratitude Revealed: "The mission of World Gratitude Day is to create a global experience with millions of people simultaneously which cultivates hope, comfort, and inspires a true shift in consciousness."
Monday, August 8, 2022
Dual use of artificial-intelligence-powered drug discovery | Nature Machine Intelligence
Dual use of artificial-intelligence-powered drug discovery | Nature Machine Intelligence: "An international security conference explored how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies for drug discovery could be misused for de novo design of biochemical weapons."
Proton pump inhibitors reduce phlebotomy burden in patients with ...: Ingenta Connect
Proton pump inhibitors reduce phlebotomy burden in patients with ...: Ingenta Connect: A 2020 meta study shows "PPIs can be used as an adjuvant therapy to reduce phlebotomy burden in patients with HFE-related hemochromatosis."
Sunday, August 7, 2022
About Langdon Winner
About Langon Winner: "Unfortunately, a great many of the technical devices and systems that surround us are designed, built and deployed in flagrant disregard of humane, ecologically sound principles. To an astonishing degree, today's technological society is based upon a collection of bad habits inherited from a reckless industrial past." Agreed!
Friday, August 5, 2022
Coventry motorist fined for not displaying disabled badge
Coventry motorist fined for not displaying disabled badge - despite it being on his windscreen - https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/coventry-motorist-fined-not-displaying-24641027
Thursday, August 4, 2022
The new State Pension: Living and working overseas - GOV.UK
The new State Pension: Living and working overseas - GOV.UK: "Your UK State Pension will be based on your UK National Insurance record. You need 10 years of UK National Insurance contributions to be eligible for the new State Pension."
Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Will anti-vaccine activism in the USA reverse global goals? | Nature Reviews Immunology
Will anti-vaccine activism in the USA reverse global goals? | Nature Reviews Immunology
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-022-00770-9
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41577-022-00770-9
Supporting employees with caring responsibilities
Supporting employees with caring responsibilities | Family-friendly policies | Good practice manual | Tools | XpertHR.co.uk: "Employers that support carers can help them to balance their work and caring commitments, which is likely to have a positive effect on the bottom line."
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
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